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how to eat kamo kamo
by shiny,
Chop up the [kamo kamo](crop). Remove seeds. (Save these to grow for next year) Leave skin on. Roast with sprigs of [rosemary](crop) at 180C for about 40 minutes (until soft) It's okay to do this the day before Remove skins (easier if the kamo kamo is cool). place in pot with chicke...
kamokamos
rosemary
garlic
pūhā
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Summer broccoli doesn't work
by shiny,
I planted some [broccoli](crop) at the start of spring.. I grew fast, made long stems and quickly turned into yellow flowers. I conclude the first spring summer months aren't good for brocoli. So I've got some new seedlings in now, in the heat of summer, hoping that by the time i put them in t...
broccoli
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Some of features id like
by shiny,
I like to automate the calculations, analysis, and plain old remembering what has happened in the garden. Some of the challenges in my garden is knowing when it's too late to planting something, if it will cope with the weather conditions here, and working out what is killing the [tomato](cro...
tomatoes
broccoli
potatoes
carrots
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Pūhā for dinner
by shiny,
[Pūhā](crop) grows wild everywhere in New Zealand. It's a bit like spinach, but is bitter when raw. It's traditional in a bunch of dishes, but I like to use as a substitute for steamed spinach with eggs benedict.
pūhā
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Shakey SHakey Town
by shiny,
We've been rock and rolling with 7.7 Earthquake at midnight and i lost count of how many 6-pointer aftershocks - and a tsunami evacuation. Super tired, this morning we went home for about 90 minutes sleep - and then went looking for something normal (instead of our wavy shaken up house). Scho...
chives
perpetual spinach
artichokes
tomatoes
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How to grow kūmara
by shiny,
[Kūmara](crop) has been part of the staple diet of people in te Motu Kairangi for hundreds of years - so i figure it should grow here. I come from a long long line of potato growers, so maybe the genetic skills are transferrable. I planted 4 kūmara into pots, with sand above and below, and l...
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Fermenting Hot Sauce method
by CloCkWeRX,
I came across [this post](http://makezine.com/projects/dales-hot-sauce/) talking about how [habanero](crop) and similar can be preserved; might have to give that a go.
habanero peppers
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Website update (Release 13)
by Cesy,
We've just made some minor updates to the website. These are mostly behind-the-scenes, enabling our next round of improvements. * Fixed broken emails * Minor gem upgrades * Build process improvements: Check PR author is in CONTRIBUTORS.md under Travis, Check for "forgot to commit Gemfile.loc...
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One trellis! Ah ah ah!
by maco,
One trellis is finally done: [](https://www.flickr.com/photos/maco_nix/27503453220/in/datetaken/ "Trellis") Since I did end up deciding to plant an [Opalka tomato](crop) after all (because I went to the Sheep & W...
opalka tomatoes
Read moreNew photos
by Cesy,
I've just uploaded some more recent photos of my plants. The [parsley](crop) is still going strong, having seeded itself in a second spot along the box. One patch has died back a bit - I clearly need to pick it and use it more often. The [chives](crop) have also died back a bit, again probably be...
chives
aloe vera
parsley
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New maintainers for Growstuff
by Skud,
Hi all, You may have noticed that things have been very quiet with Growstuff for the last year or so. This is primarily because I have been dealing with some serious health issues that left me unable to manage Growstuff, or even to spend much time online, since early 2015. Things are looking...